Hello All,
Tried to post this before, but it never showed up. Sorry if it pops up twice.
I have a website that lists a number of free woodworking plans. I've
also started a free woodworking auction. I thought it might be nice for
folks to sell / buy equipment without having to pay eBay. It's
completely free. Although you probably won't get as much exposure as
eBay, I thought I'd test the waters a bit.
Thanks,
Evan
www.drillbitsplus.com
Auction site: www.drillbitsplus.com/cgi-bin/auction.pl
Well thanks for the brutal honesty. I was thinking more on the lines
of people who wanted to sell their work. They could get exposure to
folks specifically looking for things related to woodworking. The
website doesn't get eBay traffic, but then everyone coming to eBay is
not necessarily looking for something woodworking related. So not
trying to make a living at this, just thought it might be useful for
folks and they can upload pictures and list things, kind of like a
catalog for the builder, where only people associated or looking for
this type of stuff would be coming. Thats why its free.
And I see my other post now. Wonder why it wasn't there before?
Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On 27 Jul 2004 07:43:27 -0700, Evan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Tried to post this before, but it never showed up. Sorry if it pops up twice.
>
> Yeah, it did.
>
> > I have a website that lists a number of free woodworking plans. I've
> > also started a free woodworking auction. I thought it might be nice for
> > folks to sell / buy equipment without having to pay eBay.
>
> Me, I'd rather give eBay a percentage in order to get thousands of
> potential bidders.
>
> > It's
> > completely free. Although you probably won't get as much exposure as
> > eBay, I thought I'd test the waters a bit.
>
> I think you're about 5 years too late, my friend. Even other big companies
> who took on eBay didn't get much of anywhere in the online auction world.
I never tried to hide the Amazon factor, theirs no conspiracy here.
Having links to their site makes just enough money to allow me to keep
the website hosted. My post was not intended to get people to buy
something from me (although I'm not going to push people away), my
intent was to pass along two aspects of my site I thought were
worthwhile to people who enjoyed woodworking. The list of free plans
and the auction.
I must say I'm a bit disappointed at the reception I've received, I
was only wanting to share what I've worked for the last 2 years to
create. Who cares if Amazon is part of it! I don't make a living at
this, I do this for fun, and that includes my hobby of woodworking.
So if you're not interested, so be it.
Thanks for making a fellow woodworker feel so unwelcome.
"RR" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> trying to sell for amazon.com doesnt really work that well.
> people are smart enough to figure out what you're doing.....that you really
> dont carry this and that, but you're just sending them to amazon.
> nice try though.
>
>
>
> "Evan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Hello All,
> >
> > Tried to post this before, but it never showed up. Sorry if it pops up
> twice.
> >
> > I have a website that lists a number of free woodworking plans. I've
> > also started a free woodworking auction. I thought it might be nice for
> > folks to sell / buy equipment without having to pay eBay. It's
> > completely free. Although you probably won't get as much exposure as
> > eBay, I thought I'd test the waters a bit.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Evan
> > www.drillbitsplus.com
> > Auction site: www.drillbitsplus.com/cgi-bin/auction.pl
Dave,
Thanks for the insight. I listed a BB for people to share ideas, but
it's probably much easier and has more of a community here. As for
free, you're right it has to cost someone. Really the hosting is the
only expense, but my wife would tell you it's time away from her and
my kids.
Did you look at the list of free plans? It's amazing all the things
one can find on the internet. I built the rocking horse for my
daughter.
Evan
Dave Hinz <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> On 27 Jul 2004 11:40:44 -0700, Evan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Well thanks for the brutal honesty.
>
> Yeah, well, I'm like that. Doesn't always get taken the way I intended
> it, but I'm OK with that.
>
> > I was thinking more on the lines
> > of people who wanted to sell their work. They could get exposure to
> > folks specifically looking for things related to woodworking. The
> > website doesn't get eBay traffic, but then everyone coming to eBay is
> > not necessarily looking for something woodworking related.
>
> In order to attract anyone, you'd have to differentiate it in some
> meaningful way that would draw people away from an existing resource.
> Also, free sites, while well intentioned, will have a cost to someone.
> Lots of free sites end up just going away when the person hosting
> it gets tired of it, or it gets big enough that it starts costing
> real money.
>
> > And I see my other post now. Wonder why it wasn't there before?
>
> It's all FM, my friend, and I don't mean "Frequency Modulation".
On 27 Jul 2004 07:43:27 -0700, Evan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Tried to post this before, but it never showed up. Sorry if it pops up twice.
Yeah, it did.
> I have a website that lists a number of free woodworking plans. I've
> also started a free woodworking auction. I thought it might be nice for
> folks to sell / buy equipment without having to pay eBay.
Me, I'd rather give eBay a percentage in order to get thousands of
potential bidders.
> It's
> completely free. Although you probably won't get as much exposure as
> eBay, I thought I'd test the waters a bit.
I think you're about 5 years too late, my friend. Even other big companies
who took on eBay didn't get much of anywhere in the online auction world.
On 27 Jul 2004 11:40:44 -0700, Evan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well thanks for the brutal honesty.
Yeah, well, I'm like that. Doesn't always get taken the way I intended
it, but I'm OK with that.
> I was thinking more on the lines
> of people who wanted to sell their work. They could get exposure to
> folks specifically looking for things related to woodworking. The
> website doesn't get eBay traffic, but then everyone coming to eBay is
> not necessarily looking for something woodworking related.
In order to attract anyone, you'd have to differentiate it in some
meaningful way that would draw people away from an existing resource.
Also, free sites, while well intentioned, will have a cost to someone.
Lots of free sites end up just going away when the person hosting
it gets tired of it, or it gets big enough that it starts costing
real money.
> And I see my other post now. Wonder why it wasn't there before?
It's all FM, my friend, and I don't mean "Frequency Modulation".
trying to sell for amazon.com doesnt really work that well.
people are smart enough to figure out what you're doing.....that you really
dont carry this and that, but you're just sending them to amazon.
nice try though.
"Evan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Hello All,
>
> Tried to post this before, but it never showed up. Sorry if it pops up
twice.
>
> I have a website that lists a number of free woodworking plans. I've
> also started a free woodworking auction. I thought it might be nice for
> folks to sell / buy equipment without having to pay eBay. It's
> completely free. Although you probably won't get as much exposure as
> eBay, I thought I'd test the waters a bit.
>
> Thanks,
> Evan
> www.drillbitsplus.com
> Auction site: www.drillbitsplus.com/cgi-bin/auction.pl
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:43:27 -0700, Evan wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Tried to post this before, but it never showed up. Sorry if it pops up
> twice.
>
> I have a website that lists a number of free woodworking plans. I've also
> started a free woodworking auction. I thought it might be nice for folks
> to sell / buy equipment without having to pay eBay. It's completely free.
> Although you probably won't get as much exposure as eBay, I thought I'd
> test the waters a bit.
>
> Thanks,
> Evan
> www.drillbitsplus.com
> Auction site: www.drillbitsplus.com/cgi-bin/auction.pl
Hi ... I read the responses and see you got ragged on a bit. Buck up, old
chum, the world is full of people who complain because they just don't
know what else to do. Build it and they'll come. Build it right and
they'll come and take money out of their pockets to add to your collection.
I would like to point out that the auction site will get a lot
more use once you put a link to it on the home page and make the process
of listing an item more or less self-evident.
Bill
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